Perfect Little Town
“Parking spaces are plentiful in the off-season. They choose a spot in front of the coffeehouse, climb out with their smiles intact, squinting against the high-altitude sun—a handsome couple just shy of forty, their fashionably-cut clothes and hair in league with their Mercedes SUV to make announcements of wealth that we all read loud and clear.
We serve them lattes, handmade Danishes from the pastry case, and they drop dollar bills into our tip vase, amused at the cleverness of the accompanying sign: “Don’t be chai to espresso your gratitude.” They lounge for a half hour in oversize chairs, sipping their hot drinks and admiring the local art hanging on the walls. As they finally rise to leave, the woman shakes her head and comments to her husband that they don’t make towns like this anymore.
-2-They wander through the downtown, browsing our shops as the sky sheets over with leaden clouds.
From us they buy: a half-pound of fudge five postcards energy bars from the hiking store a pr...essed gold aspen leaf in a small frame They tell us what a perfect little town we have and we say we know.MoreLess
We serve them lattes, handmade Danishes from the pastry case, and they drop dollar bills into our tip vase, amused at the cleverness of the accompanying sign: “Don’t be chai to espresso your gratitude.” They lounge for a half hour in oversize chairs, sipping their hot drinks and admiring the local art hanging on the walls. As they finally rise to leave, the woman shakes her head and comments to her husband that they don’t make towns like this anymore.
-2-They wander through the downtown, browsing our shops as the sky sheets over with leaden clouds.
From us they buy: a half-pound of fudge five postcards energy bars from the hiking store a pr...essed gold aspen leaf in a small frame They tell us what a perfect little town we have and we say we know.MoreLess
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